Chapter 12- Is it dead?

Before I can even think of something the demon throws a shadowy limb in our direction, wrenching both the Sparda boys from my sides and slamming them into the ground on either side of Dante and Vergil, who are also being crushed under another shadowy limb.

Do you see now child, you are worthless, all the 'power' you had came from ME! You are nothing but a pathetic half breed from a weak underling, your father wasn't even classed as a demon to our kind. YOU. ARE. NOTHING!

I stare at the four men on the floor, none moving, I can't even tell if they're breathing. Blood pools around them, I pray it's collective and not from just one of them. They can heal sure, but it takes longer the worse their injuries are. V takes longer still, being more human than demon.

My eyes trail to the thing in front of me again, then I remember what it had said about my father.

"Your wrong, Shirai, my father wasn't a demon, my mother wasn't either, she was a human, same as him. I'm not a half breed." The demons roar of laughter fills the mansion, making the walls vibrate and the windows shatter, then I see the tiny reflection of light off a scope. Lady.

"Idiot child they were not your parents, they were charged with protecting you and hiding the truth. Your mother was the enchantress Nevan, your father the lowest class of demon there was, a human who had used a ritual to change. He was infatuated with her and she used him as a tool for pleasure when there was nothing else to pass her time. She never even felt for him, when he died she did not morn him. And you aided in her death, hahahaha"

I remember Nevan, perverting over Dante and making comments about Sparda, trying to entice him to do things with her. Then her eyes had fallen to me, she'd become enraged that I had managed to get back to her alive. Dante and I had made quick work of killing her and I'd taken great pleasure in doing it. Vergil had simply sat back and observed. Only commenting on the look in her eyes when she'd laid eyes on me as one of sheer pain and loss, of course none of us had understood why. I'd never given much thought to what she'd meant by coming back to her alive, until now.

Then there had been Arkham and his remark once he'd unlocked the final seal of the tower, how the only worse form of chaos that lived outside of the towers' was within me.

The pieces fell into place.

I'd never known my father and I'd killed my mother. The parents I'd thought were mine were fakes, and they were dead too, I don't even remember them too well, just smiles or quiet voices that I'd mistook for dreams.

I couldn't take any more. The endless cackling of the creature before me echoes throughout my body, making me shake all over so hard my bones feel as though they're barely holding together. Then I snap.

I raise my hands slowly, picturing the electric bats Nevan had used against us during our battle with her, balls of electricity wrapped around them.

They fly like missiles to the demon, sparking a form of net around it of electrical power, the bats themselves working like minute but powerful explosives.

Once the demon is fully covered by the electric net, I give a small signal, barely noticeable unless you know what to look for.

Within a half second three rockets slam through the demons form, followed quickly by lightning.

As lady and Trish begin their assault I begin walking slowly to my right, turning my prison with me as I move, spinning the pinned demon to keep it facing me and freeing the boys.

Trish and Lady work in the opposite direction and stop once the descendants of Sparda are behind them.

I focus on the balls of electricity with bolts of lightning falling from the bottom Nevan had also used, then send them in rows of five into the demon, enjoying the enraged screams it causes.

"How! How are you able to do that! Your power comes from me you stupid pathetic little BRAT!"

I twist the balls sideways and make rods with them, increasing their thickness, power and strength and slam them into the demon harder and faster with each release.

Lady and Trish continue their onslaught from behind until finally they signal they have nothing more to give.

I lean my head back as far as it will go without bending my body, then raise my arms above my head, 'withered home of brick and stone, descend to break both skin and bone!" With that the crumbling walls around us, destroyed by the demon itself by its cackles and laughter, begin to crash and slam into the shadowy form, crushing and pounding together. I expect the shape to increase in size, but instead it shrinks, compressing smaller the move bricks and mortar that attach to the form. Squeezing the demon into what I hope is nothingness.

Once the spell completes and the surrounding building stops attaching to itself in a neat little ball I run to the sons of Sparda.

"V! Dante! Vergil! Nero! Can any of you hear me?" I check each of them, they all have injuries, bad ones, and the blood has come from all of them not just one. Oh thank the gods, I find a pulse on each of them, faint but it's a start. I cast a spell to wrap them in healing plants and then stand to go to the girls. Both of whom are warily staring at the floating brick ball I'd hopefully killed Shirai with.

"Well that's...new" Lady warily steps away from me, turning to face me as she backs away. I can't blame her really, the last time I'd snapped I had nearly killed her. I don't try to get close to her, instead I turn to Trish. I'm stunned to see her grinning.

"I don't think I'll need to teach you how to use lightning Mel, hell I think you could teach me." We both laugh and she pulls me into a strong hug, no longer afraid she can break me. "I'm sorry Mel, turns out you had a tougher time in life than we thought huh?" I nod, I don't know what to say so I turn to look at the boys.

"Ugh I need a pizzaaa!" The three of us laugh and I use a spell to give each of them what they need right now, medication, water and food.

Dante gulps his water and then chows down, once again forgetting his manners.

Vergil, Nero and V all take the meds but leave the food, water getting poured over an unsuspecting Dante.

"Hey jackasses I didn't need a shower!" He does, well we all do. I grab the brick ball, surprised by how light yet dense it is.

"Dante catch!" I throw it at him and he opens a pocket like a net and the ball falls in.

"Why the brick suveneir?" Asks Griffon as he flaps onto my shoulder.

"It's what I used to squish Shirai to death" I say casually as though I do this all the time. Lady throws her phone to the boys and tells them to press play.

Once they'd finish the video they all looked at me. Clearly impressed with what they'd seen.

"Damn Mel remind me not to mess with you" Nero laughed as he wrapped an arm around my waist and squishes me. I giggle and jump on Dante as he hugs me and spins me around while saying I'm a badass and better than my mum. Vergil simply puts a hand on my shoulder and tells me I did good.

I turn to V, he raises an arm and o slip beneath it cuddling him and happy that he hadn't actually seen the events but there was a way to show them indirectly after I'd calmed down. I kiss and bite his neck.

"It's gonna be sooo much fun when we have some alone time, I can't wait my love" we whisper as we cuddle tightly for a second. Then I turn to Dante.

"So is it dead for definate" asks Lady as she comes to stand behind me and V with Trish.

"I hope so. Dante gimme the brick ball a sec." He tossed it to me and I instantly go cold. Theres no signal of a trapped demon. No sense of demonic energy at all.

"Errr, guys"

BOOM

"Oh come one REALLY"